Word: simonizing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weeks ago, in Baltimore, gentle Giant Simon had been licked by a third-rater named Jim Thompson. "Simple Simon," sneered the experts, and bet 4-to-1 that Louis would polish him off before the end of the fifth round...
...fifth round Simon was still on his big feet. The 19,000 Detroiters in the arena could scarcely believe their eyes. Sure, Abe had been toppled in the first round, hit the canvas again in the third. But here was one pushover who refused to stay down. Back he came -jabbing, jabbing, jabbing with his giant left paw. His persistence raised a mouse under Joe Louis' left...
...fight was scheduled for 20 rounds. The fans began to wonder whether Simple Simon might last it out. Round after round Simon still stood on his feet, and the crowd went wild. How much punishment could this behemoth take? In the 13th round they had their answer. Dazed, dead-armed, after paralyzing rights to the jaw had floored him a third and a fourth time, the challenger suddenly turned his back on the champion, staggered over to the ropes. Louis, perplexed, stood stock-still, calmly watched the referee award him the fight on a technical knockout...
...That Simon is a lot better fighter than most people think," drawled the Cham pion. His fellow townsmen cheered the most exciting fight of the year, agreed that Simon should be expelled from the Bum-of-the-Month Club. Hardly had the crowd filed out of the arena when Promoter Mike Jacobs announced a return match between Simon and Louis - in New York, May 16, with a $15 instead...
...Guggenheim Memorial Foundation is 1) a leading patron of U. S. art and scholarship, 2) an index of prosperity. Founded 16 years ago by former U. S. Senator Simon Guggenheim and his wife, each year it selects a group of bright young men and women, gives them about $2,500 apiece to be free for a year to write a novel, paint a picture, examine a star. The number of its fellowships depends on the fund's income (one of its chief investments: copper). Their peak: 86 in 1929. Last week the Foundation climbed back almost...